A new floodgate design, based on rotary valves in motorcycle engines, has been installed at Black Hole Marsh, near Seaton. It promises to create new habitats, protect property and look after fish.
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 Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is recycling 100 tyres from South Devon College The results of Exeter’s heat loss survey are online, so residents of the city can see straight away can find out how efficient their home is at keeping them snug. Torbay is part of a £1 million scheme to recruit a new generation of green-fingered apprentices. Energy efficiency in a nursery is child’s play, right? There’s a chance to win a £15,000 energy efficient renovation for nurseries in the Project: Renovate 2009 competition. Exeter’s West of England School and College is holding special open days to offer support to parents of babies and toddlers with little or no sight. Gale & Snowden, architects and mechanical engineers based in Exeter and Bideford, have been shortlisted for a National Civic Trust Award for their Oak Meadow sustainable housing development in South Molton. One artist’s rubbish is another artist’s artwork, or so the saying should go – and that seems to be what Haddock and Chubb, who have a new exhibition opening at the Exeter Phoenix tonight, are into. 1 comment - ()The Torbay Culture and Environment Partnership is looking for a new chairperson – don’t all put your hands up at once. 1 comment - ()There’s a bigness to Clare Flint and Simon Ruscoe’s Call of the Lost exhibition at the Artspaces venue at Exeter Castle: big images; big emotions; big themes. 2 comments - ()The sculptor who was behind the famous Phoenix unicorn and a painter whose tormented characters could give Egon Schiele a run, for his money are opening the new home of Exeter Artspaces at Exeter Castle with a special preview tomorrow (Saturday) night. Tightening your belts, literally, in the face of the credit crunch, is a good idea – spiritually speaking – says an Exeter University theologian. The PRSD website is optimised for phone browsing, so when you’re out and about you can still get all the stories covering art, the environment and current affairs from the People’s Republic of South Devon. Hurrah, for school dinners! Devon has actually won an accolade for providing healthy and wholesome meals for kids at lunchtime, picking up a Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark on the way. |
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